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There will always be a need for some manual document management
Many practices and jobs that at one time required a person, have been replaced by technology instead. Financial institutions rely on algorithms when making lending decisions, postal service workers and accountants have lost jobs due to increase in email and tax software systems, and even stores are using self-checkout lines to cut back on cashiers.…
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School district goes paperless in 12 years
After 12 years of scanning and shredding 16,500 student files, an employee of the Davenport Community School District met her goal of going completely paperless. While Linda Zurborg’s original plan was to create a paperless school district in less than a decade, she has officially turned all the paper files into digital documents as of this week.…
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One company sees value in postcards
We wrote last month about how companies can create an effective post card mailing to get the word out about new promotions, services or other news to customers. But in a world where so much communication is done digitally, does this format work? As one company recently discovered, sending out postcards, or other forms of…
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Small businesses see value in going paperless
When Martin Penninga was brought on as a manager of a family clinic in Alberta, Canada, in 2008 his main responsibility was to increase profits. Soon after coming on board, he realized with their system of paper records, 12 percent of the clinic's budget were going toward administration work. In an industry that relies heavily on…
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Tools to move to a paperless office after a backfile conversion
We discussed yesterday the different ways a company can move all of its documents to a digital format. Many businesses with a high volume of files will work with a document scanning service for a full or partial backfile conversion, and then continue to scan individual papers in house on demand. However, once all documents…
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How should you convert your documents?
Many businesses in paper-heavy industries have begun making the transition to a paperless or at least partly digital office. For some, employing help from a document scanning service can help cut back on time and money that otherwise would be needed to do the project in house. Bulk scanning services have scanners that can perform…
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Wells Fargo opens paperless ‘mini-branch’
Anyone that keeps their money in a checking or savings account may have found that many of the services that require going to a bank can now be done online or with a smartphone. Checks can be deposited with an app, money can be transferred between accounts online and “mobile wallets” allow users to pay…
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What makes a strong design for paper surveys?
For businesses and organizations that are looking for information or opinions from a large number of people, providing a survey is generally one of the most efficient ways to do it. With a paper survey and a data capture service, companies can acquire necessary information from participants quickly and make decisions based on the data obtained. However, creating…
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Why Some Documents Still Need to Be Re-Keyed by Hand
It’s tempting to assume re-keying is just what happens when scanning software fails to read something. In practice, keying data more than once is often a deliberate quality control method, used even on documents that scan perfectly cleanly. What Is Double-Key Entry? Double-key entry (sometimes called key-key-compare or double-blind entry) is a verification method where…